Recruiting Trade & Free Agency IV - hypotheticals etc. (Continued in Part V)

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ghostdog

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There's a dude called Christof Petracco in the draft
Is this him?
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I didn't realise that Stringer "... met with Essendon again on Wednesday [today] and expects the forward to make his decision between the Bombers and the Cats in the next 24 to 48 hours."

So, to clarify things? ...to double check before signing with GFC?

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Is Stringer, Smith and Saad realistic in this window? Could we land them all.

If we could add those 3 we would have a pretty high intensity best 22 IMO.
Definitely a possibility.

We'd have to give up a 1st rounder somewhere along the line to do it but yeah.
 

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Is Stringer, Smith and Saad realistic in this window? Could we land them all.

If we could add those 3 we would have a pretty high intensity best 22 IMO.

I think so.

And I usually laugh at the people suggesting trading in 3, 4, 5 players for all our draft picks every year. But I can see logic to all these ones.

They all fit our age bracket. And they could all potentially be had for what I would consider "unders"

3 simple trades of:
Stringer + 26 for 11.
Smith for 26
Saad for 28 (or next years 2nd)

Sure, not having a pick in the first 2 rounds come draft night will suck. But pick 11 is the only real loss. By the time you get to pick 28, my theory is you're as much chance for a good player there as you are in the 30s, maybe even low 40s. We could try and get a 3rd rounder from somewhere for someone like Colyer, too.

If your first 2 picks in a draft produced what could be expected of Stringer, Smith and Saad, you'd take that and run every day of the week.

Only thing I'm cautious of is salary cap room. I'm only chasing guys if I know we have our bases covered for the future pay days of McGrath, Fantasia, Tippa...and then a bit later again Z. Merrett and Daniher
 

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Is Stringer, Smith and Saad realistic in this window? Could we land them all.

If we could add those 3 we would have a pretty high intensity best 22 IMO.
I am unsure if we have enough for all three, would need to source draft picks from somewhere else. Asking price on Saad is second round, Stringer apparently first round (lower atm). We could maybe then trade a future pick for Smith?
 
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